2017 Around the World: Progress and Persecution For LGBT People
Journalist Masha Gessen dubbed 2017 “the year Russian LGBT persecution defied belief.” Pink News called…
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Indonesian Court Rejects Religious Conservatives’ Bid To Criminalize Gay Sex; More in Global LGBT Recap
Costa Rican human rights and anti-torture activist Victor Madrigal-Borloz is the new UN Independent Expert…
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Australian Church Leaders See Marriage Vote as Battle for Soul of Australia: Global LGBT Recap 10/30
Editors from the International Press Institute told American journalists “that Donald Trump’s hostility toward the…
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Sydney’s Anglican Diocese Gives $1 Million To ‘No’ Campaign on Marriage; and more in Global LGBT Recap
Archbishop of Sydney Glenn Davies: “It is a consequence of our discipleship to uphold the gift of marriage as God has designed it.”
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U.S. Religious Right Groups Support Move Toward ‘Illiberalism’ of Hungary and Poland; and More in Global LGBT Recap
The European Lesbian* Conference, which brought together 500 activists, artists, academics, politicians, journalistas and civil…
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OutRight Action International has published quotes from speakers at the meeting of the LGBTI Core…
Read MoreAustralian Church Nixes Straight Couple’s Wedding Over Their Marriage Equality Support; and More in Global LGBT Recap
Vitit Muntarbhorn, a Thai lawyer and diplomat, cited health problems in resigning effective October 31…
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Founder of Liberal Mosque in Germany Under Guard After Death Threats; And More in Global LGBT Recap
A dozen UN agencies issued a joint statement calling for an end to discrimination in health…
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Scottish Episcopal Church Angers Conservative Anglicans With Embrace of Same-Sex Marriage; and more in Global LGBT Recap
The Global Interfaith Network on Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression has published an…
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London’s ‘Big Gay Iftar’ And More in Global LGBT Recap
International Family Equality Day was celebrated on May 7 with events in 30 countries. The…
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